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Welcome to the "updates" section where you can find the latest updates of the partnership. 

  • Manual on personal and public hygiene promotion to be implemented in early primary schools in Palestine

    in Sector News

    A Manual on Personal and Public Hygiene Promotion in Early Primary School was prepared in 2015 by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the State of Palestine, UNICEF and Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) and funded by the Government of Australia. This manual aims to provide primary school teachers…

  • SWA at the WASH Futures 2016 Conference

    in Event Updates

    Practitioners and professionals from around the world convened in Brisbane, Australia for the WASH Futures 2016 Conference hosted by the International WaterCentre in partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian WASH Reference Group. Themed “WASH Futures: Pathways to universal and sustained water, sanitation and…

  • Kevin Rudd joins Sanitation and Water for All partnership as Chair

    in News Categories

      Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), the global multistakeholder partnership working to catalyse political leadership and improve accountability in sanitation, water and hygiene, today announced that the Hon. Kevin Rudd has been appointed as Chair. He replaces H. E. Hon. John A. Kufuor, Former President of Ghana, who is…

  • Pacific region meeting underlines WASH as critical to prospects for local development

    in Event Updates

    Paul Shanahan, SWA Secretariat Coordinator was SWA’s representative at an event marking WaterAid Australia’s 10th anniversary. The gathering was attended by the Foreign Minister of Australia, the honourable Ms Julie Bishop MP, and the partnership’s Vice-Chair also had a virtual participation through a video statement. In her address, Catarina de…